Musical toy



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Application filed June 2,

V vented a new and useful Improvement in This muslc-producing deviceincludes a -with my invention.

Musical Toys; and I do hereby declare the following, -when taken in 1connection with the accompanying drawings and the charactors ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in- Fig. 1 a side view, partly in section, of a musicaltoy constructed 'in accordance Fig. 2 an inside face view of part of theback of the casing, illustrating a springoperated music-producing deviceand means operated thereby. i

This invention relates to improvement in musical toys, and particularlyto musical toys including a figure, the object beingto V produce a toysimulating a player-piano with a figure operating it, and the inventionconsists in the construction as hereinv after described and particularlyrecited in the claims. o

In carrying out my invention, I employ a casing 5 simulating, inappearance, an

upright piano mounted upon a base 6.' The back 7 of the casing hasmounted upon it a music-producing device 8, as commonly employed inmusic boxes, and which is spring-operative and wound by a key 9'.

shaft 10 on which a pulley 11 is mounted.) Above the device is a drum 12covered with paper dotted to simulate the appearance of a perforatedmusic roll sheet, and this drum is driven from the pulley 11 by a belt13, the face of the drum showing through an opening 14 in the frontboard 15 of the casing. -Near the bottom of the back board is mounted acrank-shaft 16' having two cranks 17 and 18, the shaft. being turnedfrom the pulley 11 by a belt 19. These cranks 17 and 18 engage withpedals 19 and 20, so that the pedals will be moved by the operation ofthe music-producing device. Seated upon a bench 21, in front of thecasing, is a doll 22, the feet of which rest upon the peda1s'19 and 20,being he d,

Specification of Letters Patent 1921. Serial No. 474,384.

' thereon by' sockets 23 into which the toes extend. o V If desired, aconnecting rod124 maybe coupled with one ofthecranks 17 or 18 andextendforward into engagement with,

a crank 25 formed at the lower end of a rod 26, extending upward throughthe body of the doll and'connecting with the head 2-7 thereof, so that"the head may be turned Patented May 2,

from side to side. The music-producing device being-wound,-will producemusical sounds and, at the same time, the drum '12 will be turned so as.to give the appearance ofa music rollsheet above the'key-board.

At the same time, the cranks 17 and 18 will be turned,so as to raise andlower the pedals 19' and 20, so that it appearsthat the dollis operatingthe player-piano, and if the connecting-rod 24 is employed, it will turnthe crank 25 atthe end of the .vertically-arranged rod 26 so as to turnthe head of the doll.

I thus produce, in a very simple way, the

simulation of'a player-piano being operated by a doll, producing an"attractive toy. I claim: i 1. A. musical toy, comprising a casing,

and provided with aback, a spring-operated music-producing devicemounted in the said j casing, said music-producing"device including ashaft, a drum representing thereof, cranks mounted near'the bottom ofthe casing, pedals resting on said cranks and adaptedto'be raised andlowered thereby,

formed in its front face with an opening connections between said shaft,drum and,

cranks whereby they are moved with the said shaft, and a doll mounted infront of the casing and'having feet resting upon said pedals and adaptedto move therewith.

2. A musical toy, comprising a casing, formed in its front face with anopening and provided with a back, a spring-oper-- atedmuslc-producingdevlce secured to said 7 V back, said device including a shaft, a pulleyon said 'shaft, a drum supported by said back inline with the openinginthe front of the casingand turned by said pulley, cranks mounted on saidback near the bottom thereof, and also turned from said pulley,{ pedalsraised and lowered by-said cranks, a doll mounted in front of the oas 1ing and having feet resting upon said pedals, the head of the said dollmounted v upon the upper end of a vertical rod, .21, crank at the lowerend of the 'rod and. a connecting-rod between said last named crank andone of the pedal cranks.

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